PHOTO PROMPT © Randy Mazie
The plants couldn’t read the scrawled graffiti warning not to trespass. They would have ignored it even if they had been literate.
Years of human destruction was going to be remedied. The weeds grew eagerly, forcing their roots under the walls undermining the foundations. Ivy followed insinuating its fronds into every tiny crevice then swelling to force the cracks wider. These walls would crumble. It would take a while, but nature would repossess the land.
The rambling rose raced up the walls, bursting open its splendid blooms as a triumphant celebration of the environment returning to its natural state.
Word Count: 99
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a 100 words story based on a photo prompt. Hosted by Rochelle. Read the other entries here.
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Clare Hempstead 
Are you sure they are roses, not triffids in disguise? Nice one Clare!
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Thanks, Keith. Triffids did enter my mind! What I wanted to show is that whatever ill humans do to the planet, nature will one day claim it back.
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I enjoyed that. Very graphic. Well done.
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Thanks, Sandra.
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All flesh becomes dust
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Indeed! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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There’s no stopping it. It’s like a force of… well… nature 🙂 Nice one!
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Thanks, Draliman.
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I love to see how quickly nature starts to reclaim the land from us. You’ve written a good story – I particularly liked the rambling rose celebrating triumphantly; that little touch raises the level of your story.
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Thanks, Penny. Much appreciated.
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That’s what I like about plants. They are so enthusiastic about planetary domination.
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Ha, ha! Thanks, Audrey.
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nature can only take so much abuse. it’s only a matter of time when it asserts itself and heals the damage that humanity has wrought.
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Thanks, Plaridel. I feel strongly that humans are ruining the planet.
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Nature will never be defeated. Mother Nature flexes her muscles to remind us of her dominance often with everything from hurricanes to the weeds in my yards that will not relinquish control despite my attempts to forcefully remove them and my defeated begging for them to grow somewhere else.
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Ha, ha! I have the same problem in my garden! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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I love this, Clare. I do believe nature would take over – and does when things get left behind.
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Thanks very much, Dale.
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Well described and so true, nature has its own way of recovering the damaged left by humans.
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Thanks very much. I think nature would reclaim the planet fairly quickly if humans were no more!
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Fantastic description.
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Thnk you, Tannille.
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Dear Clare,
The earth might be better served if nature reclaimed it. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Hope you enjoyed your holiday.
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I like the anthropomorphism of the plants and their celebrating with blossoms.
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Thank you very much.
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You are welcome, Clare.
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Great description, Clare. Yes, we need nature but it doesn’t need us. It’s frightening to know it’s happened before. Nature always recovers. —- Suzanne
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Thanks very much, Suzanne.
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Great descriptions.
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It happens, anywhere a house of other building is left uninhabited and untended. Good write.
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Spot on Clare, Nature will always win in the end. Whatever havoc we wreak we’ll be gone eventually. I enjoyed the sentiment here
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